TAMPA, Fla. (WTSP) – Students and teachers from Lee Elementary in Tampa Heights are finding an outpouring of support from colleagues and the community after fire destroyed their school Tuesday, just one day after Hurricane Irma devastate parts of the Tampa Bay area.

Since the fire, donations of books and other school supplies have been streaming into the Hillsborough County Schools warehouse.

“The students at Lee deserve to have all the materials in front of them the very minute they walk through those doors on Monday morning, so it was critical that we do everything we could possibly do to make sure that it's ready,” said Barbara Hancock, elementary instructional leadership director for Hillsborough County Schools.

Some teachers at Lee reported losing everything. One teacher said she lost 12 years’ worth of work that was stored on a hard drive she did not get to grab before evacuating the school for the hurricane.

Tax-deductible donations are being accepted at the following locations: